When asked whether the allegations might hurt him in the next election, he said, “Weirdly, in my district, they might help. But come on, I’m just like Pepé here, I’m just a lady’s man.”

In Abadiania, where many express surprise at the allegations against de Faria, the married guru was seen around town as a lady's man.

In Abadiania, where many express surprise at the allegations against de Faria, the married guru was seen around town as a lady’s man.

The running meta-gag at the heart of "Animal House" is that, although the members of Delta house are all so different — the lady’s man Otter, the failed romantic Boone, the politician Hoover, the human black hole Bluto Blutarsky — they are all united by a single philosophy that the basic purpose of human life is to indulge as frequently and as single-mindedly as possible in the most immediate gratification presently available.

“Ted was a lady’s man, certainly,” he said.